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Last week at Enterprise Connect in Orlando, Microsoft celebrated the second birthday of Teams. And of course, there were a few big announcements too. One of the most requested features has been Private Channels in Teams. You might be familiar with this scenario – you have a Team set up for your department, but need to share information with just a smaller group, like department leads. Rather than create yet another group (which in a large organization might get messy), a private channel would fit the bill. If you’ve been closing Outlook throughout the day and relying on Teams for your upcoming appointments, the meetings app leaves a little to be desired. This is due to be replaced by the Calendar app, which contains the same functionality as the meetings app, but presents a similar view to Outlook – so you can check out not only your day, but weekly calendar as well. One feature we’re really excited about is Live Captions. With live captions, you’ll be able to switch on

This blog post continues the Azure SQL Database architecture series where we share background on how we run the service, as described by the architects who originally created the service. The first two posts covered  data integrity in Azure SQL Database  and  how cloud speed helps SQL Server database administrators . In this blog post, we will talk about how we use governance to help achieve a balanced system. Allocated and governed resources When you choose a specific Azure SQL Database service tier, you are selecting a pre-defined set of allocated resources across several dimensions such as CPU, storage type, storage limit, memory, and more. Ideally you will select a service tier that meets the workload demands of your application, however if you over or under-size your selection you can easily scale up or down accordingly. With each service tier selection, you are also inherently selecting a set of resource usage boundaries or limits. For example, a business critical, Gen 4

In the 1902 update to Configuration Manager current branch, we continue to deliver value around our core themes of Cloud Value, Customer Voice, Get Current, and Simplification. Get Current with Office is one of our key capabilities in the 1902 update and optional integration with the  Readiness Toolkit for Office  provides insights to help prepare for Office 365 ProPlus deployments. These insights can now complement your organization’s end-to-end ability to deploy Office 365 ProPlus, from readiness, to deployment, to monitoring. Office 365 client management dashboard Select a readiness state to drill-through to a device list. This readiness report allows you to quickly identify devices with high confidence that are ready to upgrade to Office 365 ProPlus. It includes columns for the compatibility state of both Office add-ins and macros. Also, in update 1902 are improvements to Phased Deployments which now has its own dedicated monitoring node. From the lifecycle

Enterprise Connect event in Orlando, Florida, Microsoft Teams won the Best in Show award for the second year in a row in recognition for its vision for making communication and collaboration easier for the entire workforce, including those on the frontline. This week marks the second anniversary of the worldwide launch of  Microsoft Teams . Over the past two years, Teams has grown significantly in both new capabilities and customer usage, as the hub for teamwork that brings people together and fosters a culture of engagement and inclusion. We’re unveiling eight new capabilities in Teams that make collaboration more inclusive, effective, and secure. Watch  Microsoft’s keynote at Enterprise Connect  live Tuesday March 19, 2019 at 10 AM ET or on-demand. More than 500,000 organizations, including 91 of the Fortune 100, use Teams to collaborate across locations, time zones, and languages, including Cerner, Cox Automotive, dm-drogerie markt, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Hendrick Motorsports

What is Microsoft and Office 365 F1, and who is it for?  Estimates suggest that there is a global workforce of over 2 Bn workers in customer facing roles: including staff in sales, call centers, field service teams, manufacturing shop floors. Until now, the needs of this highly distributed workforce has been largely untapped, because businesses needed an affordable and secure solution for the large numbers of distributed workers; who don’t need all the bells and whistles of the full office suite. Staff turn-over is typically far higher in customer facing roles, presenting challenges for IT departments to keep up with demands for account and device provisioning. What are the benefits? Besides offering the optimised Office Online suite, Microsoft have bundled collaboration services, scheduling and task management software with tools that “… streamlines IT management, minimizes cost, and extends security to all employees and endpoints. Azure Active Directory provides man

Microsoft Office 365  comes in three different flavors for Enterprise: E1, E3, and E5. With each successive level, you get more – but what is included, exactly? A lot of research was done to create this comparison. It will generate a score for each of the seven different versions of Office 365, plus provide a few other things to think about. Selecting the right Office 365 version is one of the most important steps before migrating over to the cloud. However, keep in mind that because these are subscription type licenses – you are never locked in on the license you choose. In essence, you can mix and match, downgrade or upgrade your licenses depending on your changing business needs. Microsoft Office E1 O365 E1 is the “lightest” version of the Enterprise level plans. The application and services included in E1 are: Email and Calendars via Microsoft Exchange, Enterprise Social with Yammer, communication and team sites with SharePoint, OneDrive for Business with 1TB cloud storag